Opening statements are under way this morning in the long-awaited James “Whitey” Bulger murder and racketeering trial. “It’s a case about organized crime, public corruption and all sorts of illegal activities,” prosecutor Brian T. Kelly told jurors. Jurors will hear about crimes in the 1970s through the 1990s, he said, with one man at the center of all the murder and mayhem: Bulger.

"This is a tragic example of the violence we keep facing at our common border as President (Felipe) Calderon continues to roll back transnational organized crime, and underscores the need for both our countries to keep working as full partners to...

"There is ample fact and plenty of evidence proving this incident was organized, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique," Wen told a news conference. "This has all the more revealed the consistent claims by the Dalai...